Social Deacon in the Youth / Youth Worker Sector
Evangelisch-reformierte Landeskirche des Kantons Zürich
Zürich
Key information
- Publication date:28 November 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Zürich
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The Reformed Church Zurich is the largest and most member-strong church community in Switzerland. With a wide range of meaningful fields of activity, the focus is on the person. The church community reaches a large number of people throughout the city with its offerings. It stands for the needs of a modern and diverse society with its innovative forms of church life.
The Church District Eleven belongs to the Church Community Zurich and includes the districts Affoltern ZH and Seebach. As reinforcement for our diaconal team, we are looking for you as a committed person immediately or by arrangement
Further Information about the Position
Social Deacon in the Youth / Youth Worker Sector (80%)
Your Tasks
- Design of open youth work in Church District Eleven
- Organizing and conducting offers for young people and young adults such as youth meetings, excursions, youth camps, workshops, etc.
- Collaboration in confirmation camps and design of elective courses for confirmands
- Support and promotion of young people and young adults
- Cooperation with employees of the church district and other players in open youth work (networking)
- Supervision of trainees
Your Profile
- Training in social work (socio-cultural animation, community animation, social work FH/HF)
- Preferably CAS Diakonie / TDS Aarau or willingness to further education
- Experience and joy in church work with young people
- Team-oriented and experienced in dealing with young people
- Good Microsoft Office user skills and proficient use of social media
- Empathetic personality with the ability to build long-term relationship networks
- Flexibility for irregular working hours - also evenings and weekends
- Enjoyment in actively supporting and promoting employees in training
- Christian attitude and identification with the Reformed Church
We Offer
- Varied activity in a motivated and committed team with room for individual strengths
- Interdisciplinary cooperation in a church environment
- Contribute personal skills and actively shape the lives of young people
- Scope for design in a diverse and lively church community
- Modern infrastructure in the shared office and attractive social benefits
- Home office possible by arrangement
Are you our new team member? Then we look forward to your complete online application via the link.
Any questions? Alexandra Meier-Schmid, Team Leader Diakonie, will be happy to provide information:
Phone +41 43 495 90 54 .
General information about us can be found at www.reformiert-zuerich.ch .
Offers from personnel agencies will not be considered.
Address for Application
Stauffacherstrasse 8, Zurich
